anathematized_one Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Seriously, I can't seem to find any at all. I am pretty sure the vast majority of what I've looked for is all in the public domain (but I can't even find information of whether or not they are). The closest I can get is finding a $100+ book. Sorry but, I'm not paying $100+ for the lyrics to ONE song that's 2-5 minutes long. I just, don't get it at all. Like, where do all the "pro's" get them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 from the sheet music of the particular song... most likely... But, we have those books in our music library at IU. So... we don't have to worry about paying the 100 dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anathematized_one Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Yeah but I mean, all I want is the lyrics, not the actual music. For example, I am trying to learn (just the vocal part) Mussorgsky's "Song of the Flea" as sung by Vladimir Miller. I have all the correct notes down, but I have no idea what on earth I'm supposed to be saying because I don't speak Russian... Vladimir Miller singing Modest Mussorgsky - "Song of the Flea" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plutokat Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Text and Lyrics that are designed specifically for setting to music is hard to find. Poems that are in the public domain are not, which are usually what composers used and use today. Just google public domain poems and you will find site dedicated to just free use poems. Be sure to double check to make sure they are for use in the public domain. Many sites have poems that are still under copyright but labeled as public domain poems. Most, if not all poems written prior to the 1920s are in the public domain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anathematized_one Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 So they just... don't ever provide lyrics for classical bits? So then how do people like Christopher Lee make an entire album of singing just 5 minute classical bits from various things? They pay hundreds of dollars per song to get the score for the entire thing they're getting the song from? I mean yeah, he's famous... but not for singing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iETKgc7e0Zk&list=PL2D3C063FFFBAE2C2 Christopher Lee performing classical bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Is this it: http://imslp.org/wiki/Mephistopheles%27_Song_of_the_Flea_%28Mussorgsky,_Modest%29 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anathematized_one Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Is this it: http://imslp.org/wiki/Mephistopheles%27_Song_of_the_Flea_%28Mussorgsky,_Modest%29 ? Thanks, I already tried there though and the pdf of the score, the music part that I don't need is readable, but the words/text I do need is nowhere near legible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thanks, I already tried there though and the pdf of the score, the music part that I don't need is readable, but the words/text I do need is nowhere near legible. I see. I didn't look at the whole thing to see that parts aren't legible. Good luck while you continue your search! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plutokat Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 So they just... don't ever provide lyrics for classical bits? So then how do people like Christopher Lee make an entire album of singing just 5 minute classical bits from various things? They pay hundreds of dollars per song to get the score for the entire thing they're getting the song from? I mean yeah, he's famous... but not for singing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iETKgc7e0Zk&list=PL2D3C063FFFBAE2C2 Christopher Lee performing classical bits. It depends on what you are doing. Classical Concert composers usually source their text from poetry. Examples of this would be Brahms' Neue Liebesliederwalzer in which he sourced the text from a series of poems by Georg Friedrich Daumer. Even that Mussorgsky piece you posted earlier here gets its text from text from scene five of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's verse play Faust, Part One. more information about that piece and the translation can be found here: http://www.conservapedia.com/Mussorgsky The music in that youtube link sound more like musical theater in which the text would have been written specifically for that piece. people like Edward Kleban and Stephen Sondheim, who was also a composer, typically wrote the lyrics to songs specifically for a piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 WAS??? Sondheim is still writing, good sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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